2009 Tax Credit Outreach Campaign Kit Now Available
January 1, 2009
This resource is intended to provide community groups, housing and social service agencies and employers with the materials and information needed to conduct community outreach efforts promoting the Earned Income Credit (EIC) and the Child Tax Credit (CTC). Read More

Shelter Allowance
November 1, 2003
Shelter Allowance prior to November 1, 2003 Read More

A Public Assistance Grant Increase - Finally!
August 13, 2009
In the course of the budget process, the Legislature adopted – and Governor Paterson then approved – an increase in the basic allowance portion of the public assistance grant for the first time in nearly twenty years. Read More

Final TANF Rules Under the Deficet Reduction Act of 2005
March 24, 2008
Summary and analysis under the Deficet Reduction Act of 2005 Read More

Countdown to Time Limits
October 1, 2001
At the end of the year 2000, the New York State Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance (OTDA) launched "Countdown to Zero," a project name with two meanings. Read More

Public Assistance Sanctions and People with Disabilities
November 2, 2009
A stark reality of New York’s welfare system is that over time many households have their benefits reduced or terminated as a result of sanctions for alleged non-compliance with the public assistance work rules. Read More